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B. P. LAGROIX. GOFFIN HANDLE.

No. 505,663. Patented Sept. 26, 189B.

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GOFFIN HANDLE.

No. 505,663. Patented Sept 26, 1893.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZEAR PETER LACROIX, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO C. ROGERS &BROS, OF SAME PLACE.

COFFlN-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,663, datedSeptember 26, 1893.

7 Application filed June 12, 1893. Serial No. 477,331. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZEAR PETER LA- CROIX, of Meriden, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Coffin-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a View partly in elevation and partly in section of acoffin-handle constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, aview thereof in transverse section on the line a-b of Fig. 1, and drawnon a somewhat larger scale; Fig. 3, a broken detached view of thehandle-bar, the grip of which, in this case, is not provided with plushcoverings for its corners. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached views partly inside elevation and partlyin section of modified forms which my improvedhandle-bar may assume. Figs. 6 and 7 are views intransverse section onthe line wa: and y-y of Figs. 4 and 5 respectively.

My invention relates to an improvement in coffin-handles, the objectbeing to produce at a comparatively low cost for manufacture, a noveland attractive article, capable of being varied in its finish to securea wide range of effect.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a coffin-handle barhaving an enlarged grip and ends projecting beyond the same, in linetherewith, a covering applied to the grip of the bar, and cup-shapedcollars passed over the ends of the bar which projects through them andapplied to the ends of the grip to conceal the ends of its covering andform a finish.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andcombinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed outin the claims.

Before proceeding to the description of the particular form of handlewhich I have chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawings, Iwish to say that my invention may be applied to single handles, or tothose handles which are designed to extend throughout the length of acoffin. The feature, therefore,

constituting my invention, may occur once, or more than once in the samehandle-bar,according to the style of the handle of which the bar forms apart.

As herein shown, my'invention is applied to a coffin-handle, havingplates or sockets A A, and pivotal arms B B, of ordinary construction.The handle-bar consists of an enlarged square grip C, and round ends CC, the latter passing through sleeves B Bformed at the outer ends of thesaid pivotal arms B B, and having ornamental thimble-like tips D Dapplied to them.. The corners of the grip C, are covered with strips E,of plush, or any other suitable material, after which pieces ofornamental molding F, each provided with a covering G, of suitablefabric, are securely fastened to the respective faces of the grip,extending throughout the length of the same. The said moldings arenarrower than the said faces, whereby the covered corners of the gripare thus exposed between the moldings, which with the grip veryconsiderably enlarge the handle-bar between the pivotal arms B B. Theends of the grip and the ends of the moldings are beveled, and coveredand finished by cup-like collars H H, the smaller outer ends of whichabut against the inner edges of the sleeves B B of the pivotal arms B B.As herein shown, the moldings F, are of the style known as ropemoldings, but any other style of moldings may be used, according to theeffect which it is desired to secure.

It will be understood that a long handle-bar may have two or yet moregrips. The design wouldbe, of course, to have a grip between therespective pivotal arms of which more than two are employed incoffin-handles with long bars.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, I have shown a handle-bar having agrip of square transverse section, but any other polygonal form may beused, or even a round form. The moldings as aforesaid may be varied incharacter, or they may be dispensed with altogether.

the body of the bar and to the moldings, may be Varied both in characterand in color, so as to produce a great many effects, or it may bedispensed with and replaced by a metal or other covering. Thus, in Figs.4 and 6 of the Furthermore, the fabric applied to drawings thegripl, ofthe bar J, is circular in cross section, and has its ends beveled, as atj. Its surface is carved or out into ropelike form, and covered with acovering of fabric K, the ends of which are secured as by tacks 70, tothe bevels j. Cup-like collars L L sleeved over the ends of the bar, fitover the beveled ends of the grip, and conceal the ends of the coveringK.

The modified form of my improved handlebar, shown by Figs. 5 and 7, hasa circular grip M, having beveled ends m m, and finished by a metal tubeN, the ends of which are covered by cup-like collars O O. I wouldtherefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty tomake such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of my invention.

I am aware that a coffin-handle having the central portion of itshandle-bar enlarged to form a grip, is old, and that it is old to applytipsto the projecting ends of such a bar. I do not therefore claimeither of these constructions broadly.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A coffin-handle bar, having an enlarged grip and ends projectingbeyond the same, in line therewith, a covering for the grip of the bar,cup-shaped collars passed over the ends of the bar, which projectthrough them, and applied to the ends of the enlarged grip over the endsof its covering to conceal the latter and form a finish, and tipsapplied to the projecting ends of the bar, substantially as described.

2. A coffin-handle bar, having an enlarged grip and ends projectingbeyond the same, in line therewith, ornamental moldings applied to thegrip of the bar and extending longitudinally therewith, cup-shapedcollars passed over the ends of the bar,which project through them, andapplied to the ends of the enlarged grip to cover the ends of themoldings applied thereto, and tips applied to the projecting ends of thebar, substantially as described.

3. A coffin-handle bar having an enlarged polygonal grip, a covering forthe corners thereof, moldings applied to the respective faces of thesaid grip, and extending longitudinally therewith, coverings for thesaid moldings, and cup-like collars applied to the bar to cover the endsof the moldings, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

E. PETER LAOROIX. Witnesses:

A. W. HITCHOOOK, OHAs. J. I-IINSDALE.

